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Buy Now, Pay Later: Pre-Industrial Credit in Practice
that a lack of hard currency did not cripple long-distance trade. Between the 1720s and the 1760s, Thomas Hancock-uncle of Revolutionary War patriot John Hancock-deployed a wide variety of credit transactions to build one of the largest... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Feedback
Military Memories Re: The Military and the MBA Photo courtesy of Phil Curtis As a member of the Class of 1974, we were thrown into the midst of the travails of the Vietnam War and were populated by a number of patriotic officers serving... View Details
- 16 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Football Firings Teach Managers About Staying Relevant
to pass the ball. Coupled with a growth in analytics and innovative offensive schemes, the NFL has seen an explosion in passing offense over the past two decades. The New England Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick have been at the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Extraordinary People
on a tour with Boston’s police department. Kraft and his son Josh host an event for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. New England Patriot Patrick Chung joins Kraft at a Science of Sports Fair at Gillette Stadium. In 1994, Robert Kraft... View Details
Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
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Viktor Puzakov
participated in expeditions searching for the remains of soldiers missing in combat from the Great Patriotic War (World War II). “We found forty-one soldiers. But Russians soldiers didn’t have dog tags,” Viktor explains. Instead, they... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
about the case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/119088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 706-413 Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots (A) What happens when an MBA buys a football team and hires a bunch of... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Kraft Accelerator
Foxborough, Mass. The Kraft Group is the holding company of the Kraft family's many businesses, including the New England Patriots, the New England Revolution, Gillette Stadium, Patriot Place, International Forest Products, Rand-Whitney... View Details
- 25 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Chasing Stars: Why the Mighty Red Sox Struck Out
have," he says. "Can this person be a good fit based on the team dynamics created by the other players already?" He notes that the New England Patriots have a good reputation for recruiting players based on how they will... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Politics and Patriotism in Small-Town America: Confessions of a Plain-Talking, Independent Mayor by Richard Muti (MBA ’71) (WingSpan Press) While Bullets Fly: The Story of a Canadian Field Surgical Unit in the Second World War by Ian... View Details
Keywords: Management
- 18 Apr 2005
- Lessons from the Classroom
NFL Players Touch Down at HBS
opportunity is very, very short.— Ted Johnson, New England Patriots Topics covered in the course included entrepreneurship; tax and other legal responsibilities; assessing financial health; managing yourself; analyzing a business model;... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- News
Raising a Glass to Life-Long Entrepreneurship
an American beer revolution in the same way that Sam Adams the patriot started a political revolution. Finally, the question I’m sure you get all the time: So many people dream of opening their own breweries. Does it make sense to? Is... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Op-Ed
Lessons from the NFL: Virtual Hiring, Leadership, Building Teams and COVID-19
market but at a position that is the most critical leadership position for an NFL team. Tom Brady, the six-time super bowl champion widely considered the NFL’s Greatest of All Time (GOAT), signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, after the New England View Details
- 15 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Coming to HBS with a Non-Finance Background
your favorite HBS memory so far? My favorite academic memories to date would be the Deflategate case in TOM (Technology and Operations Management). The case was just written this year (by our Professor!) following the Patriots vs. Colts... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
concussions could lead to brain injury, depression, and the early onset of dementia. (The attempted suicide in August 2010 of his Michigan team captain Corwin Brown, a former NFL player and member of the New England Patriots and Notre... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
this century, the Patriots are said by Forbes magazine to be worth $1.8 billion. Robert Kraft, whom Sports Illustrated recently declared is the second-most powerful person in the NFL after the commissioner, has been instrumental to the... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
cartoonist, Walt Disney was also drawn to the ethos of service and patriotism during World War I. In 1917, at age 16, he told his parents he would be enlisting in the Army, saying, “I don’t want my children asking me, ‘Why weren’t you in... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
important or patriotic act than voting,” said Palandjian, Chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, in a press release announcing the initiative. “I’ve always been troubled by routine low turnout in U.S. elections and... View Details
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Brand Name Management - The Art of American Advertising
taking place around them,” Jay contends. 50 Patriotic subjects (frequently seen on clipper ship trade cards) featured images of the American eagle and Uncle Sam; the latter often played the part of the highly energetic American salesman.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Biggest Industry You’ve Never Heard Of
traditional sports are taking notice: Robert Kraft (MBA 1965), owner of the New England Patriots football team, recently announced an investment in a new esports team that will compete in the first-person shooter game Overwatch. “What... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
them twenty years ago. If you look at the typical board of a major public company, you will find that only one or maybe two directors are members of management, and everybody else is “independent.” To argue against independent directors is like arguing against View Details